The Puente-Acueducto de Amaniel of Madrid !

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Oh yes Madrid has bridges as any City, and glad to find me these couple of pictures in my cd rom vault to share in my blog with you and me. I like to tell you about one of them with a post of its own, well deserve , me think in my dear Madrid , This is an off the beaten path area but heck I walked the beat all over there. Therefore, let me tell you about the Puente-Acueducto de Amaniel of Madrid ! Hope you enjoy the post as I. 

The Puente-Acueducto de Amaniel is one of the few remaining examples of this type of structure in the city of Madrid. It is located in the Bellas Vistas neighborhood of the Tetuán district, from the Avenida. de Pablo Iglesias, 53-59, its origins date back to the late 19C. It is an installation of the Canal de Isabel II (see post) that allowed for the transport of water overland to the city center.

Composed of three brick galleries with a length of 120 meters, it features 17 semicircular arches. It presents an incline that is inconvenient for pedestrians walking in the area and accessing it from the Francos Rodríguez area to Avenida Reina Victoria in both directions. Along its route, it features five siphon bridges, 28 aqueduct bridges, and a multitude of drainage channels, culverts, pontoons, dam-canals, and fords to cross the ravines and streams it traverses to reach the gates of the court.

A bit of history tell us that in 1848, Bravo Murillo, Minister of Education, Commerce, and Public Works, commissioned a committee of engineers and urban planners to study how to bring water from the rivers of the Sierra de Guadarrama mountains to the city. After the study was completed, it was decided that the best option was to bring water from the Lozoya river, at that time known as the Río Grande, to the area around Chamberí via a route of more than 70 km, where a reservoir would be built with the capacity to supply the population with water for five days. This project was carried out between 1851 and 1858. However, it was necessary to construct the Pontón de la Oliva dam, a construction that proved futile due to the area’s limestone terrain, which caused water seepage,then tunnels, canals, and aqueduct-bridges like this one, so that finally, on June 24, 1858, the Canal de Isabel II was inaugurated in the presence of Queen Isabel II, hence the canal’s name. Sadly, I have read it is now in a deplorable state, most of its arches having become veritable garbage dumps.

And a bit more on this district of Tetuán which includes as said Bellas Vistas,and, also, Cuatro Caminos, Castillejos, Almenara, Valdeacederas, Berruguete.The Cuatro Caminos round point and the avenida de Asturias are very lively here, a must to find in Madrid. See older homes by the Calle Bravo Murillo. I made a find here because of my best friends and still had an apartment (piso) in this area, A great place to stop by here is the Mercado de Maravillas Calle Bravo Murillo, 122 with closest Metro Alvarado on line 1 and bus lines 3,64,66,124,128, Night line N23 at parada/stope Alvarado,

No info on Madrid tourist office or City , my info came from old books and this office in the films of Madrid site ,so here is the Madrid Film Office on the Amaniel aqueduct : https://madridfilmoffice.com/localizacion/acueducto-de-amaniel/

There you go folks,a special bridge of my dear Madrid, An awesome City with its monument and history we love, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Puente-Acueducto de Amaniel of Madrid ! as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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